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Size | 5 items |
Abstract | Emma Lydia Rankin (1838-1908) was a teacher and conducted a school for girls known as Kirkwood and was active in church and literary activities in Lenoir, N.C. The collection includes a diary, 1906-1908, with brief entries noting the weather and the daily activities of Emma L. Rankin; her undated reminiscences of Stoneman's federal cavalry raid in western North Carolina in 1865; and a memorial booklet about her. |
Creator | Rankin, Emma Lydia, 1838-1908. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, January 2009
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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Emma Lydia Rankin (1838-1908) was the daughter of Rev. Jesse Rankin, first pastor of the Presbyterian congregation in Lenoir, N.C., and Ann Delight (Salmon) Rankin. She was a teacher and conducted a school for girls known as Kirkwood and was active in church and literary activities in Lenoir.
Back to TopThe collection includes a diary in three volumes, 1906-1908, with brief entries noting the weather and the daily activities of Emma L. Rankin while she was a school teacher in Lenoir, N.C. Also includes, her undated reminiscences of Stoneman's federal cavalry raid in western North Carolina in 1865 and a memorial booklet containing pictures of Emma and her father and articles written at the time of her death in 1908.
Back to TopFolder 1 |
Reminiscences of Stoneman's raid, 1863-1865Includes original finding aid. |
Folder 2 |
Memorial booklet; Diary, 1906-1907 (typed copies) |
Folder 3 |
Volume 1: Diary, 1906 |
Folder 4 |
Volume 2: Diary, 1907 |
Folder 5 |
Volume 3: Diary, 1908 |